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How to Get Started as a Nurse Advocate Around Key Issues Like Scope of Practice

Amercan Journal of Nursing

I didn’t realize how drastically different each states’ Nurse Practice Act could be in terms of advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) scope of practice. My work as a psychiatric NP had been focused on child and adolescent psychiatry, but moving to Florida in 2013 hindered my ability to continue this practice.

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A Passion for Breast Cancer Advocacy and Unique Perspective on Survivorship: Meet The Pink Warrior 

Daily Nurse

According to the CDC, close to 240,000 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women and about 2,100 in men each year, and Courtney Shihabuddin DNP, APRN-CNP, was one of those women in 2020. Courtney Shihabuddin DNP , APRN-CNP, is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, educator and breast cancer survivor.

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Working with Patients with Serious Mental Illness and Using LAIs

Daily Nurse

Erin Walczykowski, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, works as a psychiatric nurse practitioner at MBI Health Services , LLC in Washington, D.C. Adherence tends to be even more of an issue within psychiatry. Because of this, patients often feel they are guinea pigs.

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Coping with Death as a Nurse

Board Vitals - Nursing

Candace Mayle, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC. Even when the situation makes withholding one’s emotions appropriate, doing so will take its toll on the nurse. It can compound the sense of loss. Let that give you peace for today and encouragement to wake up and do it all over again tomorrow.”

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These Nursing Associations Connect You to Fellow Pros and Valuable Resources

Nurse.com

Improving the health of populations, communities, families, and individuals through the use of informatics, the ANIA encourages professional networking with ANIA Connect. The online resource allows nurses to collaborate and communicate while fostering camaraderie and support through an Open Forum. Psychiatry. Leadership.